Throughout an occasion in entrance of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Mariusz Błaszczak, granted a brand new faculty banner to the Navy Pc Science Excessive College (WOLI) operated by the Navy College of Expertise (WAT) in Warsaw. Later that day he additionally visited a city north of Warsaw the place a garrison of a brand new armoured battalion is to be primarily based.
The college was established to coach future pc scientists and cryptologists for the Polish Armed Forces, particularly the Our on-line world Defence Forces.
“How necessary a part of the Polish Armed Forces this [Cyberspace Defence] is, is attested to what’s going on round Poland,” stated Minister Błaszczak, referring to the frequent use of hacker assaults as one of many technique of conducting cyber warfare.
Minister Błaszczak pressured that the typical highschool commencement examination in arithmetic, that are foundational to cryptology, was handed by this yr’s graduates with a mean rating of 95 p.c, in comparison with the nationwide common of 66 p.c.
“That is proof of how good this faculty is. It’s so good, due to its shut collaboration with the Navy College of Expertise,” stated Mr Błaszczak.
To accommodate the highschool’s graduates, WAT has elevated the variety of college students admitted to such programmes as cryptology and cybersecurity. Of the 25 graduates of the category of 2022, 17 went on to check at WAT, two on the Polish Air Drive College, and 6 chosen civilian colleges.
The Navy Pc Science Excessive College opened on September 1, 2019, to supply cadres for the Our on-line world Defence Forces established the yr earlier than. The college at present has 207 college students. In comparison with common excessive colleges, WOLI’s curriculum provides expanded schooling in arithmetic, physics, and pc science, in addition to bodily schooling, English, and navy schooling.
“Fashionable Navy. Secure Homeland”
Afterward Saturday, Minister Błaszczak visited Ciechanów, 75 kilometres north of Warsaw, the place he attended the “Fashionable Navy. Secure Homeland” picnic organised beneath the auspices of the Ministry of Defence. Related picnics can be held all through October in cities and cities the place navy garrisons can be established or re-established, or the place items stationed within the space will obtain new tools.
“The message I’ve for you is that we have to construct a robust Polish Army, additionally right here, in Ciechanów,” stated Minister Błaszczak, whereas asserting that the city will quickly turn out to be the bottom of an armoured forces battalion. “It’s a crucial battalion as a result of it’s the armoured forces, outfitted with fashionable tools, Abrams tanks, that can be one of many key obstacles stopping [the enemy from] encroaching on our nation’s territory.”
As Minister Błaszczak stated, the “encroachment of Russian forces into any nation means conflict crimes,” pointing to the expertise of the Ukrainian individuals.
Minister Błaszczak additionally spoke of the modernisation efforts of the Polish Armed Forces, that are scheduled to obtain 366 Abrams tanks in a number of batches, beginning subsequent yr, in addition to HIMARS long-range artillery, F-35 fighter jets, and finally additionally Apache assault helicopters, the acquisition of which is at present being negotiated with the US.
As Minister Błaszczak pressured, for the weapons methods to be efficient, they want troopers to function them and appealed to the younger individuals attending the picnic to affix the Polish Armed Forces.
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